olympics?

have been watching lots of the olympics. britain has been doing well if you cant horseriding and sailing and rowing, which i dont, because they are not proper olympic sports but merely a way for rich priveleged people to get a sense of achievement. 


were it not for these events, the olympics consists of running, throwing and jumping to which there is a lower barrier to participation which means its open to nearly everyone, and so privileged people are not able to use money and resources as a barrier to participation and filter out 93% of the potential competitors, which is what they can do with horse riding and sailing. 


who knows i might be the best sailor in the world but the closest stretch of water to me is the grand union canal, which runs past the grocery store i used to work at when i was university. its probably not great for sailing in, as there are lots shopping trolleys and furniture dumped in it. in my opinion its a travesty that someone trotting around on a horse in the dressage competition will get a gold medal identical to Usain Bolt, the fast human being ever. someone sailing a boat will get the same medal as Mo Farrah who won the 10,000m last night. 


there is a debate going on as to why a disproportionately higher number of medals are being won by those who have been privately educated. horses and boats are the reason. when i was at school we didnt do any of that shit. we played football and we ran. thats what we did. our heroes were and still are athletes and footballers. i dont care how many times they try and celebrate ben ainsley on tv for him winning the gold medal in sailing, none of it resonates with me or anyone i know. we look up to footballers and athletes. there is a purity in the achievements of the greatest in those fields because they include everyone and the the best is really the best and not merely the best person who happens to have stables and horses or the best that happens to have access to a boat and a lake. 


lionel messi didnt get to where he is on the back of his rich parents. mo farah is a fast runner. everyone can run but he can do it faster. wayne rooney came from a council estate in liverpool and it was his own talent and hard work and he is just better at football than most people. his achievements have a purity of integrity. i dont see eton boys playing for manchester united or arsenal. i dont see privately educated athletes beating kenyan and ethiopian runners. the olympics is about the purity of sport and should celebrate champions and all those that participate equally. i think its not doing this in many 'sports'. 
aside from that, the real olympics has now started with track and field. we bow in respect to bolt and gay and blake and farrah and ennis and all the athletes. 


work should be interesting this week. i dont think i can continue avoid being on overnight and weekend on-call. i wrote before that i dont want to do it and i think i might get asked this week to go on-call. i will tell them i am not going to do and they will have to find someone else to do it. i will work my contract out till september 7th and that will be me done. have done on-call in other jobs and its not fun being awoken at 3 am to fix something. 


havent listened to much music today, but i did see this trailer for a new film. it looks epic.